he kid sister of Margo Merdena, and youngest of Slate Merdena's twelve daughters, Vespa is a loose cannon – quite literally! When her rebellious nature started causing problems for the family business, her father sent her out into the ash wastes. This turned out to be a wasted effort, as no sooner had Vespa arrived in Cinderak City than she fell in with a crowd of outland Orlocks and began raiding convoys all across the Great Equatorial Wastes – perhaps in an effort to impress her older sister, the Road Boss.

As a concession to Vespa's wild nature, Slate sent one of his old crew,